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oligometastasis

oligometastasis noun: a state of limited metastasis, especially of cancer, with several (but not many) metastatic sites.

Noun

oligometastasis (countable and uncountable, plural oligometastases)

  1. A state of limited metastasis, especially of cancer, with several (but not many) metastatic sites.
    • Despite an increasing interest in oligometastases, the definition of the term “oligometastases” can be very confusing because it has been dependent on the particular research. Many researchers have defined oligometastases as metastases that are limited in both number (typically, less than 5) and...2015, Hiroyuki Kaneda, Yukihito Saito, “Oligometastases: defined by prognosis and evaluated by cure”, in Cancer Treatment Communications, volume 3, →DOI, pages 1–6
  2. Any of the several metastatic tumors/sites in such a state.

Forms of oligometastasis

pluraloligometastases

Origin of oligometastasis

From oligo- + metastasis.

Questions about oligometastasis

What does oligometastasis mean?
Oligometastasis means a state of limited metastasis, especially of cancer, with several (but not many) metastatic sites.
What part of speech is oligometastasis?
Oligometastasis is a noun.
What is the plural of oligometastasis?
The plural of oligometastasis is oligometastases.

Words near oligometastasis in the dictionary

  1. oligomerous
  2. oligomers
  3. oligomery
  4. oligomesotrophic
  5. oligometastases
  6. oligometastasis
  7. oligometastatic
  8. oligomethylenic
  9. oligometric
  10. oligomicroarray
  11. oligomicroarrays

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